The ALL phases thread! :)

[pandora174]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

You got that right!!! That is some loss you got from your GY day I wish my losses were like yours on any CD. pandora--I meant to show this to you specifically because you are concerned about that roll. When I got to goal--115 lbs, I "fit" into a bikini. First time in my life I ever wore one out of the backyard. I was 40 and thought I was all that. But I look at these pics and see the fat rolls. Here I am in that bikini:

Anyone at goal with HCG yet??

post #4 gives a link to where they are. I think that whatever number I get to on the scale I will not be satisfied. I will still have rolls somewhere. Argh!

You look good. I would never have the courage to wear a bikini !! I know what you mean. To the world I am thin & even to some people (like my hubby) too thin but I see rolls & imperfections everywhere Realistically I am much more accepting of the saggy skin around my butt & thighs than I was a few months ago.

But I really want to feel more comfortable in my size 4 pants & since all the styles now are low in the waist I "HATE "that roll that pops up. So if I can get that under control I will be a happy girl but if I try next round but still stabilize at the high end of 120's then I know I tried at least and just learn to deal with it I guess

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by pandora174

You look good. I would never have the courage to wear a bikini !! I know what you mean. To the world I am thin & even to some people (like my hubby) too thin but I see rolls & imperfections everywhere Realistically I am much more accepting of the saggy skin around my butt & thighs than I was a few months ago.

But I really want to feel more comfortable in my size 4 pants & since all the styles now are low in the waist I "HATE "that roll that pops up. So if I can get that under control I will be a happy girl but if I try next round but still stabilize at the high end of 120's then I know I tried at least and just learn to deal with it I guess

Good attitude I am at that point where I just have to deal. I have had 4 babies and each baby was delivered by c-sections. So 4 pregnancies + 4 surgeries on my belly=a tummy tuck in my future .

[Felina]

Morning Ladies !! P4D20 & a very successful GY day & down -3

Congrats pandora, I don't know anyone that can lose the way you do! You should never have to stress about small gains again because you know how to nip them in the bud.

dawn!! So glad your lazy scale started moving again. I sure hope it keeps up.

[adelinesdream]

Originally Posted by Berta48

So sorry about your friends son.
I have been wondering where you were and how you were doing
I am Juddding now .Started Feb4th. It is really slow losing and that gets annoying. I can be down one lb one day up 2 the next etc. etc.
But certainly like the WOE I am hoping the loss will catch up with me one of these days and go waaaay down.I have lost about 4lbs total it was five, but as I said UDDD with the weight as well as with the eating Been considering RXHCG again for 21daysBut sure dont want to
Keep truckin!



Hey There
Nice to see you again. HCG certainly does work. But for me I know in my heart of hearts it isn't something I could do for life. And I just wasn't sticking to protocol. I would cheat all the time and never stabelize.So I switched.But at least I didn't just quit all together like I normally would do

Happy to see you back.I still post here cause these are my BUDS

Hi Berta,

Thanks for welcoming me back. I missed everyone. I was working with a coach and I still wasn't doing well. I messed up today on my vlcd day. I think I will have to jump on the band wagon better. tomorrow I mix another batch of hcg injections and I might up the dose some from 125 to 150 and see where that goes. I know it works if I work it. I am so tired this afternoon. Hubby doesn't sleep well. I went to bed feeling ill last night and at 3am after going to bed at 11:30, he asked me if I was feeling alright. He wakes me way to frequently. What can you do, except learn to live with it. Yes I must agree the ladies on here are quite amazingly welcoming and friendly!! The best bunch I've me by far.

Hugs all around.

Adeline

[dawnyama]

Adeline--are you still working with biz? Got her newsletter yesterday. interesting about the starch component. I am including it this round. Haven't before today, well haphazardly I have. But now I will!

adeline--sometimes you just have to suck it up and be miserable for a bit before you get your grove. You have to push through everything you WANT and do what you HAVE to do. I am not happy happy joy with my round thus far. I want chocolate and want it bad. I even have some staring me in the face. But I do want to see the scale go down MORE than I want the chocolate. I am so done and beyond over P2 that I don't want to do this again. I have given up sugar for Lent (not even Catholic so not even sure what that means LOL) but this time I have done without even so much as a taste of it. I am shocked myself. So this time I have "got it". Sometimes you just have to have a pity party and decide you are going to do it for you!! Good luck hon!!!

[pandora174]

Originally Posted by Felina

Congrats pandora, I don't know anyone that can lose the way you do! You should never have to stress about small gains again because you know how to nip them in the bud.

dawn!! So glad your lazy scale started moving again. I sure hope it keeps up.

ha ! I wish I wouldn't gain as fast though. See I guess we are never satisfied But I'm glad I bit the bullet & did the CD. I was being stubborn & realized clean eating wasn't going to do it. Also made me realize CD was not so bad specially if we get to eat 3 meals a day like the GY or egg day/bacon day etc. I don't think I could do a steak day again unless it was a weekend & I could sleep through breakfast & wake up at 11 am

[MemoryKeeper]

Hiya girls! Miss y'all. JUDDD ended up not being the choice for me (Berta, I lost at first too). I think the hcg "weigh daily" is too strongly ingrained in the brain! I've gained and lost this week, so today I'm .5 below LIW.

I am starting the FF on Monday. I may end up doing another hcg round, if this doesn't work.

Love seeing your progress ladies, and big hugs to my old friends!

Hope to pop in more this week, as I have a week off before my next (and may I say joyfully LAST) semester!

Have a great Saturday night!

[Berta48]

Originally Posted by adelinesdream

Hi Berta,

Thanks for welcoming me back. I missed everyone. I was working with a coach and I still wasn't doing well. I messed up today on my vlcd day. I think I will have to jump on the band wagon better. tomorrow I mix another batch of hcg injections and I might up the dose some from 125 to 150 and see where that goes. I know it works if I work it. I am so tired this afternoon. Hubby doesn't sleep well. I went to bed feeling ill last night and at 3am after going to bed at 11:30, he asked me if I was feeling alright. He wakes me way to frequently. What can you do, except learn to live with it. Yes I must agree the ladies on here are quite amazingly welcoming and friendly!! The best bunch I've me by far.

Hugs all around.

Adeline

Just wondering if you got the 30.00 off when you ordered?If you did I should have 30.00 credit coming.But I still have about enough RXHCG for 4 or 5 more rounds.I have been considering doing 21 day rounds and then going back to my counting calories.Jst to get this off quicker

Originally Posted by MemoryKeeper

Hiya girls! Miss y'all. JUDDD ended up not being the choice for me (Berta, I lost at first too). I think the hcg "weigh daily" is too strongly ingrained in the brain! I've gained and lost this week, so today I'm .5 below LIW.

I am starting the FF on Monday. I may end up doing another hcg round, if this doesn't work.

Love seeing your progress ladies, and big hugs to my old friends!

Hope to pop in more this week, as I have a week off before my next (and may I say joyfully LAST) semester!

Have a great Saturday night!

Hi Jeanette
I could not take the DD without the HCG I always went over. They had me at 415 calories or something like that the 500 was bad enough Also the up and down with the weight was driving me insane
My first weigh in is this next Friday and I am hoping for a 2 lb loss. I am counting caloires as I said I am on 1200 -1550 a day.I am suppose to loose 2 lbs a week so we will see.But I am not exrecising yet so I may not loose that much

Originally Posted by pandora174

ha ! I wish I wouldn't gain as fast though. See I guess we are never satisfied But I'm glad I bit the bullet & did the CD. I was being stubborn & realized clean eating wasn't going to do it. Also made me realize CD was not so bad specially if we get to eat 3 meals a day like the GY or egg day/bacon day etc. I don't think I could do a steak day again unless it was a weekend & I could sleep through breakfast & wake up at 11 am

VANITY VANITY VANITYYou skinny ladies make me laugh!
So thin and still trying to loose

Originally Posted by dawnyama

WooHoo!!! Apple day worked....thank God. I don't know what I would have done if it had not. Well, I do. I am baking a birthday cake for my DD who's birthday is tomorrow, and would have had a taste. But now, nope, not even a finger lick! I broke the 127s and got into the 126s!!! WooHoo!! That gets me a loss of 1.8 in week #2. I still consider that pitiful for a second week's loss, but it is much better than if I had stayed the same. Ugh!! Hoping for a much better week #3!!

I am glad the apple day worked for you. But as I said you look just fine the way you are!

[cocoapeanut]

Originally Posted by Berta48

VANITY VANITY VANITYYou skinny ladies make me laugh!
So thin and still trying to loose

I am glad the apple day worked for you. But as I said you look just fine the way you are!

Coming out of lurkdom to say: They both do look fabulous and have made such wonderful progress towards their goals! However, if they want to keep striving for better, then that is their prerogative. Being content with oneself is a very personal and individual journey that is different for everyone!

As part of my journey, I'm finishing up a round of P2 myself in the next few days. Yay I took a picture of myself yesterday and compared it to myself a month ago AND myself at the end of my very first round in June 2012. Holy cats. Let's just say I'm 10 pounds heavier now than June, but I look thinner! Crazy stuff!! Maybe I will be brave and post it sometime.

Back to my cave.

[CammyElle]

Lost 20# on phase 2

Phase 3 is not happening for me. It's been a week of not following and gaining 4 #! The structure in phase2 was so easy but now I'm lost. What do you eat on phase 3? I need to get some tracks to run on so I have things ready that aren't sugar or carb?

[sillyme]

Originally Posted by CammyElle

Lost 20# on phase 2

Phase 3 is not happening for me. It's been a week of not following and gaining 4 #! The structure in phase2 was so easy but now I'm lost. What do you eat on phase 3? I need to get some tracks to run on so I have things ready that aren't sugar or carb?

There is lots of information here
Phase 3 information for HCG diet

[Jeanyyy]

Basically, my first week or so of P3, I double my protein and veggies, add in different proteins, veggies and fruit (but keep to 2 fruits), and add in healthy fats like butter, coconut oil and olive oil. Oh, and cream for my coffee..

[C'Marie]

Yep, Jeanyyy is right. Exactly the way to do P3 by the book

ME - ok, I stumbled this week. After going back to dosing on Monday, by Thursday I got some bad news and drank a glass of wine, had 3 pieces (small ones) of dark chocolate, and that on top of having too many calories of protein (protocol, though-as if that helps!) so I haven't weighed for two days. There were tears involved in the bad news and issues but I am oh.so.over.it now. Moving on. I suspect weight will be ok by tomorrow. I haven't been sleeping. Maybe 3 hours a night for a week. Last night I was able to sleep (thanks again, Shelby!) until the dang dog woke me up, but I got 6 hours instead of 3. I am hoping for another 6 or more tonight. Hope, hope, hope. It is getting really tough to keep my chin up due to life's circumstances, but I'll be danged if I'm going to really go off the rails and gain weight. Not happening. I'll mix wine with glucomanan if I have to! LOL That's it! WINE PUDDING! ha ha ha ha!

Berta, OF COURSE you keep checking in here. Where else can we find each other

[pandora174]

Well up +1.6 today, still in my window but not happy to see 129.4 when I was 127.8 yesterday but specially not happy when the only new thing I added was a low carb bagel yesterday for breakfast. Oh well..today is another day. Just sticking to my planned menu but skipping the low carb bagel and will try it again next weekend.

Hope if I eat clean today I will see the scale go down a bit. I just don't like to be so close to 130 kwim ? I like being in the 127/128 range I know it's silly but it is what it is. It's also bothersome to go up when you haven't cheated or that I'm past the 3 weeks of P4 for God's sake. I turn down a slice of the homemade pizza I made for my family & choose better alternatives & still go up OK my vent is over. I need to get used to it & deal like my son says all the time.

Happy Sunday ladies

[cocoapeanut]

Originally Posted by C'Marie

I'll mix wine with glucomanan if I have to! LOL That's it! WINE PUDDING!

I'd be first in line for that!

[manders]

Originally Posted by cocoapeanut

I'd be first in line for that!

Hey you! Howsa goin?!

[cocoapeanut]

Originally Posted by manders

Hey you! Howsa goin?!

Hey girl heeeeyyy!

I just took my last dose of hCG for this round so I'm doing pretty well, lol. If I was going by scale weight alone I'd probably be super depressed since I'm still about 10 lbs from my lowest weight. BUT. I have looked at pictures of myself and actually look way better now than I did at the end of my first round in June..despite a 10 lb difference. Go figure.

My plan is to super-nourish my body throughout this P3 and get my reshape on!

How have you been?! Did you do Atkins? I heard something about Nanaimo bars the other day and thought of you.

[manders]

Originally Posted by cocoapeanut

Hey girl heeeeyyy!

I just took my last dose of hCG for this round so I'm doing pretty well, lol. If I was going by scale weight alone I'd probably be super depressed since I'm still about 10 lbs from my lowest weight. BUT. I have looked at pictures of myself and actually look way better now than I did at the end of my first round in June..despite a 10 lb difference. Go figure.

My plan is to super-nourish my body throughout this P3 and get my reshape on!

How have you been?! Did you do Atkins? I heard something about Nanaimo bars the other day and thought of you.

It's funny how we look so different even at a higher weight! You look great

Nanaimo bars! hahahahahah I'm literally laughing out loud! Man, I love those things. I actually haven't had one since like November. I got really sick (pneumonia and then EBV) and I got onto a muffin phase. I did Atkins for a while but got too loosey goosey with it. I needed another strict round of hcg to kick my butt back into shape. My birthday is coming up and I would like to be at 155!

I'm so jealous that you're in sunny LA right now. We're literally having Smowmageddon here. Roads are closed, businesses are closed (except for me lol), airports are closed. It's mayhem! You'd think we'd be used to it as Canadians, but we still freak out.

[cocoapeanut]

Originally Posted by manders

It's funny how we look so different even at a higher weight! You look great

Nanaimo bars! hahahahahah I'm literally laughing out loud! Man, I love those things. I actually haven't had one since like November. I got really sick (pneumonia and then EBV) and I got onto a muffin phase. I did Atkins for a while but got too loosey goosey with it. I needed another strict round of hcg to kick my butt back into shape. My birthday is coming up and I would like to be at 155!

I'm so jealous that you're in sunny LA right now. We're literally having Smowmageddon here. Roads are closed, businesses are closed (except for me lol), airports are closed. It's mayhem! You'd think we'd be used to it as Canadians, but we still freak out.

I am definitely enjoying the sunny LA weather right now but I am from Chicago and have heard of all the snow over there! Brr. We freak out sometimes too, haha. LA is funny though, it rains and suddenly no one knows how to drive! Hahaha.

Aww, thanks for the compliment! You look marvelous yourself, my dear. You will look super fly on your birthday. The boys had better watch OUT for us.

The sickness sounds awful!! But muffins sound delicious..as I'm sitting here enjoying my P2 lunch of grilled chicken with hot sauce and spinach salad..

[manders]

Originally Posted by cocoapeanut

I am definitely enjoying the sunny LA weather right now but I am from Chicago and have heard of all the snow over there! Brr. We freak out sometimes too, haha. LA is funny though, it rains and suddenly no one knows how to drive! Hahaha.

Aww, thanks for the compliment! You look marvelous yourself, my dear. You will look super fly on your birthday. The boys had better watch OUT for us.

The sickness sounds awful!! But muffins sound delicious..as I'm sitting here enjoying my P2 lunch of grilled chicken with hot sauce and spinach salad..

Thank you, I do feel pretty great and I am now a size Medium at almost all stores! I even fit into a size 10 jeans at American Eagle. But I hate how my face is really affected when I eat poorly. My cheeks really chunk up after loading for a few days.

That's basically exactly what I had for lunch too! What do you use as dressing on your salad?

[cocoapeanut]

Originally Posted by manders

Thank you, I do feel pretty great and I am now a size Medium at almost all stores! I even fit into a size 10 jeans at American Eagle. But I hate how my face is really affected when I eat poorly. My cheeks really chunk up after loading for a few days.

That's basically exactly what I had for lunch too! What do you use as dressing on your salad?

Me too! I'm usually a Medium and size 8-10 right now. Hoping for smaller in the near future My face does the same, and I also break out. Boo.

I ran out of my Walden Farms dressing like a week ago so one night I put salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, aminos, ACV, and a few drops of stevia on my spinach. And then I became addicted to it.

I have a confession: I couldn't help myself for some reason and binged on apples. Haha. Who does that?! I ate my apple with my lunch..and then ate three more apples! I couldn't stop, even after chugging water and hot cocoa! I'm gonna try and skip dinner and we'll see what happens? I've been hungrier these past few days. Just cracks me up Day 30, my last dose day, and my body is obviously like HELLO, ARE WE DONE YET??

[manders]

Originally Posted by cocoapeanut

Me too! I'm usually a Medium and size 8-10 right now. Hoping for smaller in the near future My face does the same, and I also break out. Boo.

I ran out of my Walden Farms dressing like a week ago so one night I put salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, aminos, ACV, and a few drops of stevia on my spinach. And then I became addicted to it.

I have a confession: I couldn't help myself for some reason and binged on apples. Haha. Who does that?! I ate my apple with my lunch..and then ate three more apples! I couldn't stop, even after chugging water and hot cocoa! I'm gonna try and skip dinner and we'll see what happens? I've been hungrier these past few days. Just cracks me up Day 30, my last dose day, and my body is obviously like HELLO, ARE WE DONE YET??

Sometimes it's like when a marathon runners legs give you from under them. You just can't go any further! That sounds super yummy though. I must try!

I break out soooo bad. My skin was pretty much at it's worst at the beginning of January. Then I got back to clean eating and it all came out and I had a fabulous facial to clear all the junk out and it's SO CLEAR! Love it. It has been oily since Friday from loading but hopefully it won't break out too bad.

I can binge on anything. I would binge on oxygen if I could

[cocoapeanut]

Originally Posted by manders

I can binge on anything. I would binge on oxygen if I could

I'm pretty sure our survival depends on us binging on oxygen!!

I'm just trying to convince my body that my survival also depends on peanut butter brownie bars..it's not so convinced though.

[manders]

Originally Posted by cocoapeanut

I'm pretty sure our survival depends on us binging on oxygen!!

I'm just trying to convince my body that my survival also depends on peanut butter brownie bars..it's not so convinced though.

YUM! Nuts are my undoing right now. I'm avoiding them 100%. Can't even have one or it's a slippery slope. Survival depends on Brazil nuts lately LOL

[cocoapeanut]

Originally Posted by manders

YUM! Nuts are my undoing right now. I'm avoiding them 100%. Can't even have one or it's a slippery slope. Survival depends on Brazil nuts lately LOL

Hahaha! Omg, Brazil nuts. Yum. I'm with you on the nuts, though. I'm honestly going to avoid them as much as possible this P3 (which pains me to say, because I really love nuts ). I stabilized really well my first P3, in which I avoided nuts, yogurt, and alcohol because I went through a clinic and those were the rules. I was depressed about not getting those things initially, and I didn't get to make any cool almond flour goodies, but the one time I had to do a steak day was after a party where I ate too much taco dip that had tons of cream cheese in it. I really did eat a lot of it, so it was somewhat earned lol. My second P3, I was into a jar of almond butter right at the start, which didn't do me any favors! Not saying that I can't stabilize if I eat nuts, but I AM saying that I can easily put away 1000 cals of nuts or nut butter in one blink, so maybe it works better for me to have that rule in place. But I won't fret if there are a few in a salad or something.

I can tell I'm excited for P3 because I just bought a TON of produce. You'd think I was vegan.

[manders]

Originally Posted by cocoapeanut

Hahaha! Omg, Brazil nuts. Yum. I'm with you on the nuts, though. I'm honestly going to avoid them as much as possible this P3 (which pains me to say, because I really love nuts ). I stabilized really well my first P3, in which I avoided nuts, yogurt, and alcohol because I went through a clinic and those were the rules. I was depressed about not getting those things initially, and I didn't get to make any cool almond flour goodies, but the one time I had to do a steak day was after a party where I ate too much taco dip that had tons of cream cheese in it. I really did eat a lot of it, so it was somewhat earned lol. My second P3, I was into a jar of almond butter right at the start, which didn't do me any favors! Not saying that I can't stabilize if I eat nuts, but I AM saying that I can easily put away 1000 cals of nuts or nut butter in one blink, so maybe it works better for me to have that rule in place. But I won't fret if there are a few in a salad or something.

I can tell I'm excited for P3 because I just bought a TON of produce. You'd think I was vegan.

Yummo!!!!! Good luck girl.

[Crazy PreK Teacher]

Hi ya'll

Happy Monday morning everyone!!!

I hope everyone is doing well. I am doing great! Just got back from the Y, one Zumba class down & 15 min. elliptical...whew!!! This morning I was at 172.8...so 2.2 below goal/LDW...happy about that. I've been doing perfect LC...thought I'd be losing some honestly, not maintaining, but I do feel like I am gaining muscle. Overall, the gym in 2 months has raised me 4.4 lbs., but I kinda expected it...as I forced myself to get pretty low b'cuz I knew there would be some bounce-up

I had to submit paperwork to TOPS this week. My support group made me enter the "greatest improvement" contest, and the "grace & beauty" contest The 1st one is okay, but I do not see me in the grace & beauty category These are the pics that my group took & will be the ones that are published in the TOPS magazine. I am not looking forward to doing this convention...bleh! I have to still find a white dress I do not look good in white. Come on, seriously, who does unless you're rail thin???

Anyway, hope everyone has a great week! I should be back around by Friday...SPRING BREAK IS NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jeanyyy]

I guess I was a little *too* rogue yesterday with the yummy pork roast. I ate about 130 grams or so, including the fatty bits... It was good, but I bounced up 1.1 lbs today. Going to stick close to P2 protocol from now through Wednesday, which will be my last day on P2.

[manders]

You look incredible Angela

[Crazy PreK Teacher]

Originally Posted by manders

You look incredible Angela

Thank you manders!!! So good to see you around here!!!